Wooden Toolbox

I've been asked many times how I began working with wood. As it happens to many of you, I love decorating my home, but I don't like to spend big bucks doing it!

I wanted to transform my home from the simple bare builder's grade to the one with lots of moldings and details. So my liking for moldings urged me to get into other wooden projects to decorate around the house.

With baby steps, project by project, I have taken bigger bites every time. That's the case with the latest, building bookcases in my bedroom, one of those projects that has given me lots of headaches, sometimes I think I'm trying to bite more than I can chew, but when the project is done I'm always happy I got into it.

A wooden toolbox, is one of those projects where you can gain more confidence with your measurements, and perhaps conquer the fear of using some power tools. Even though it's such an easy project that it can be done with a regular saw, hammer and nails.

Some pieces of scrap wood would work perfectly fine. You can go ahead and cut the bottom and long sides to your desired measurements. The one I made is somewhat big 24"L x 9"W x 10" H All the material was 3/4" thick.

The end sides are then cut to size and you can draw the lines for the top "triangle" to be cut.

Again, you can do this with a regular saw. I did it using a circular saw, both pieces at the same time, it fastens the process a lot. You need to clamp the wooden pieces to your bench and attach a guide for the saw to keep the line. Measure the distance from the blade to the side fence of the saw and that's where you need to clamp that guide. Then go ahead and cut it!

Time to open the holes where the handle goes. The handle I used was about 3/4" in diameter, I placed the drill bit point 3/4" from the top and attached some tape around to mark how deep I wanted to drill. Both pieces were then sanded to round the sharp edges.

The pieces were all cut and ready to be assembled.

But first some pinky pink acrylic paint was applied.

A wash out white was applied next.

After the paint dried, it was time to put it together. The long sides were attached to the bottom piece.

Then the end sides, but don't forget to insert the handle before nailing the last side.

The toolbox is ready.

After a light sanding of the end sides and applying a bit of wax on the whole thing, it was time to play :)
These green bottles I took from my neighbor's recycling bin where the ones awaiting a box!

I like the texture, the roughness on those long side pieces of wood.

I got so excited with my new "toy" I went outside to take some more pics! My lilies are still going strong, remember them from my previous post?

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What a great tutorial Cristina. And I would never have thought to use a toolbox for a centerpiece, but you managed to carry it off. It looks so pretty with the bottles and lilies. I love that you painted it pink underneath! Such pretty pictures. I'm sure your Easter table will be beautiful. Have a great day!

Such a great tutorial Cristina! I love your tool box the way you finished it is so fun too! It gives me hope that if I continue to take off "bigger bites" than maybe someday I will be able to do amazing projects like you!

Thanks for the great tutorial... my Father was the woodworker in our family! He made us beautiful rustic furniture and since he's passed his saw has sat unused in his garage. I am inheriting it and look forward to using it, this would be a perfect first project for me!Hugs,Pendra

I love it, it looks so authentic. Thanks for the tutorial, I've pinned it. I've always wanted an old tool box but they are so expensive. This is doable!Saw you linking at the DIY Blog Link Party.Debbie :)

What an excellent project and so cute. You can use this for so much more than a toolbox. Bet it looked really cute on your Easter table. Such fun figuring out what to put in it to dress it up. I'm printing this out for my hubster altho he knows how to make one, but maybe he'll follow your excellent tutorial and I'll get what I want the way I want for once, lol. He likes to ad-lib on the projects I ask him to do.